Is a Remake Still Retro?

In this episode of the Retro Resolution podcast, hosts Dylan and Matt discuss their recent retro gaming activities, including Matt's playthrough of the Konami DS survival game Lost in Blue on an Ambernic dual-screen device and Dylan's time with Suikoden II on his new Retroid Pocket Nova. Dylan makes a shocking confession that he broke down and bought an Analogue 3D despite past frustrations with Analogue, impressed by its new features like 480p locking and auto-overclocking. Matt also reveals he pre-ordered the new Neo Geo system in white, fulfilling a childhood dream, and bought a 161-in-1 multicart whose price is climbing due to demand. The conversation wraps up with discussion of the Superstation dock, an incoming Game Bub FPGA handheld, the perils of aftermarket replacement shells for handhelds, and nostalgic memories of arcades.

This week Matt and Dylan return from their hiatus to talk DS gaming and the philosophical question of what makes a remaster or remake still "retro." Along the way they discuss new handhelds like the Retroid Pocket Nova, the GameNative launcher, an early Xbox 360 emulator for Android, and the handy FinalROM tool for cleaning up 3DS and Switch files. Matt also shares his disappointing original Xbox emulation experiment, and the episode teases a heavier Part 2 covering the end of physical media and the uncertain future of video games.

Hey folks,this is definitely out of order, but i'm just not doing good enough to have kept track of previous recordings... sorry! I'm gunna try to get the uploaded closer to the record date. This was a fun one for me and Matt, I hope you enjoy it! -Dylan

Matt and Dylan talk about the year and what's coming in 2026!

Dylan and Matt are back to talk about what's been up so far this year, and new tech they're looking forward to for 2025!

Dylan and Matt just chattin' in 2025

It's been a long year, sorry for the gap! Some big personal stuff got in the way of getting new episodes out, so we're gunna have to consider that time and the episodes we recorded since then as "lost episodes". Welcome back!

Matt & Dylan discuss setting up and using a RetroNAS with their retro systems!

Matt & Dylan talk about their love of the SNES and its' origins.

hey folks, I (Dylan) lost several episodes worth of recordings in between our last episode and one the one posting tomorrow morning. Sorry about that!